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The Argentine striker had joined the Welsh for £ 15 million on the French side of Nantes and was heading to Wales after bidding farewell to his former teammates.
His body is scheduled to arrive Friday at the Ezeiza International Airport, in Buenos Aires, before being driven to his hometown, Progreso, where a vigil must take place in the gym located near the headquarters. of the attacker's youth club.
Sala started his football career in San Martin de Progreso before leaving at the age of 15.
The family members of Argentina have already arrived before the ceremony.
Cardiff manager Neil Warnock and general manager Ken Choo will also attend Sala's funeral Saturday, while Nantes defender Nicolas Pallois and Ligue 1 club secretary Loic Morin will represent the team. French.
His family thanked the public after the authorities had identified the body of the attacker.
"We would like to thank you for all your signs of affection and support with regard to the most painful period of our lives," said a family release.
"We ask you to respect our grief in these difficult times and to keep Emi in your prayers and thoughts."
Sala and Ibbotson, 59, were flying aboard an airplane at a turbine in Nantes, northern France, in Cardiff, the Welsh capital, when it disappeared from radar near the islands Channel Islands on January 21st.
The Ibbotson pilot is presumed dead, but his body has not been found yet.
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